A controversy
& the furore that followed
Karan Johar
has taken a Pakistani actor in the film, one Fawad Khan. When Fawad Khan was asked to
condemn the terrorist attack on India he kept mum.Hawwww. The censors then pass the film. The Central Government keeps its mouth closed neither assuring protection to the
exhibitors and producer nor denying it. Ban this film said Raj Thakeray,
who stepped in and said we won’t allow exhibition. Some distributors stepped up and the association of single theatre owners in four states denied its
exhibition and release. Karan Johar keeps quiet for the longest time as he had
not stepped out of the bounds of the law but then at the very last moment
chickens out and states vehemantly a love for his country. The CM of Maharshtra steps in
and with Raj Thakeray playing the counting machine they force the hand of the
producer and have him fork out Rs.5 crore and contribute it to the Indian Army. The
Army does not like this and states it with no uncertainty. The Army says that it won’t accept any coerced funding, but take only voluntary donations. The gravel is yet to fall on this one whether the
funding was voluntary or not. In the meantime the movie is released in the
multiplexes to full houses.
Ye Dil is truly Mushkil - The K Jo Checklist
• Is LOVE , friendship ?
• or Is FRIENDSHIP, love?
• For life sufficiency and sustenance between Love & Friendship is either one of them good enough , or are both required or neither is enough?
What happens onscreen
Ranbir and Anoushka in the first half hour have zippy conversation, cuddle,
dance, smooch, look good and do the usual bummery. Then over the next five half
hour slots keep repeating it until it comes out of one's ears. Fawad looks
non-existently handsome and has no presence or his character any depth. As to Aishwarya Rai, one wonders from which angle did one conceive her to be a
shayaraana (a Urdu poet) who spouts some really nice lines. Ash looks better as
she has aged well but her acting and performance is still at the same strained level that she perfected in her magnum opus “Jeans”. No feeling ever reaches her eyes and
they remain the same , blank and cold forever. Ranbir Kapoor is likeable but
boringly the same as he was in all his recent movies.
The one real watchable performance comes from Anoushka
Sharma. This girl is growing with every single film and is a treat to watch.
She is sincere, saucy and sharp in each of her line delivery and comfortably
natural on the screen. Niranjan Iyengar has written some wonderful lines in the
dialogue and they may have qualified for an award had there been a structure or
a story to support them. The movie has no single hummable song atleast nothing
that shall remain in the memory after hearing it. Pritam struggles yet goes home with a cheque. His director found the work delieverd acceptable.
Conclusion
Had it not been for the controversy created over misplaced patriotism, the movie may definitely have flopped and quietly at that too. The controversy shall rake in the moolah by bringing in the crowd and even after having to fork out the Rs.5 crores there would be plenty left for K Jo to laugh his way to the bank. But he would be careful this time. Outside the bank he may adjust his expression, make it solemn and serious and then go in with the gunnybag full of collection money for depositing it.
K Jo wins, everyone else loses.
Karan Johar
has taken a Pakistani actor in the film, one Fawad Khan. When Fawad Khan was asked to
condemn the terrorist attack on India he kept mum.Hawwww. The censors then pass the film. The Central Government keeps its mouth closed neither assuring protection to the
exhibitors and producer nor denying it. Ban this film said Raj Thakeray,
who stepped in and said we won’t allow exhibition. Some distributors stepped up and the association of single theatre owners in four states denied its
exhibition and release. Karan Johar keeps quiet for the longest time as he had
not stepped out of the bounds of the law but then at the very last moment
chickens out and states vehemantly a love for his country. The CM of Maharshtra steps in
and with Raj Thakeray playing the counting machine they force the hand of the
producer and have him fork out Rs.5 crore and contribute it to the Indian Army. The
Army does not like this and states it with no uncertainty. The Army says that it won’t accept any coerced funding, but take only voluntary donations. The gravel is yet to fall on this one whether the
funding was voluntary or not. In the meantime the movie is released in the
multiplexes to full houses. Ye Dil is truly Mushkil - The K Jo Checklist
There is a
new checklist that is out now when one has to go and watch a matured , older yet
not exactly wiser K Jo directed movie.
• Is LOVE , friendship ?
• or Is FRIENDSHIP, love?
• For life sufficiency and sustenance between Love & Friendship is either one of them good enough , or are both required or neither is enough?
•To make a
movie universally acceptable is it necessary to have an international ambiance
but with every single character a Person Of Indian Origin? Then a PIO to be a PIO has to flash his or her passport and proudly too. No it aint hip anymore in a Dharma
productions to be an Indian with an Indian passport. You may at best become the
clapper boy in the next movie.
• Should you watch a K Jo directed film if it does have a SRK , Kajol or Aalia Bhatt not in the lead roles but as special appearances ? These are the new red flags.
Story
None.
What happens onscreen
Ranbir and Anoushka in the first half hour have zippy conversation, cuddle,
dance, smooch, look good and do the usual bummery. Then over the next five half
hour slots keep repeating it until it comes out of one's ears. Fawad looks
non-existently handsome and has no presence or his character any depth. As to Aishwarya Rai, one wonders from which angle did one conceive her to be a
shayaraana (a Urdu poet) who spouts some really nice lines. Ash looks better as
she has aged well but her acting and performance is still at the same strained level that she perfected in her magnum opus “Jeans”. No feeling ever reaches her eyes and
they remain the same , blank and cold forever. Ranbir Kapoor is likeable but
boringly the same as he was in all his recent movies.
Aalia Bhatt in a special
appearance brings in a breath of fresh air but it is too short. SRK in a
special appearance is disgustingly smug and all in that one frame look sufficiently
attractive yet old.
The one real watchable performance comes from Anoushka
Sharma. This girl is growing with every single film and is a treat to watch.
She is sincere, saucy and sharp in each of her line delivery and comfortably
natural on the screen. Niranjan Iyengar has written some wonderful lines in the
dialogue and they may have qualified for an award had there been a structure or
a story to support them. The movie has no single hummable song atleast nothing
that shall remain in the memory after hearing it. Pritam struggles yet goes home with a cheque. His director found the work delieverd acceptable.Conclusion
Had it not been for the controversy created over misplaced patriotism, the movie may definitely have flopped and quietly at that too. The controversy shall rake in the moolah by bringing in the crowd and even after having to fork out the Rs.5 crores there would be plenty left for K Jo to laugh his way to the bank. But he would be careful this time. Outside the bank he may adjust his expression, make it solemn and serious and then go in with the gunnybag full of collection money for depositing it.
K Jo wins, everyone else loses.
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